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****************************
What's New In Python 3.4
****************************
.. :Author: Someone <email>
(uncomment if there is a principal author)
.. Rules for maintenance:
* Anyone can add text to this document, but the maintainer reserves the
right to rewrite any additions. In particular, for obscure or esoteric
features, the maintainer may reduce any addition to a simple reference to
the new documentation rather than explaining the feature inline.
* While the maintainer will periodically go through Misc/NEWS
and add changes, it's best not to rely on this. We know from experience
that any changes that aren't in the What's New documentation around the
time of the original release will remain largely unknown to the community
for years, even if they're added later. We also know from experience that
other priorities can arise, and the maintainer will run out of time to do
updates - in such cases, end users will be much better served by partial
notifications that at least give a hint about new features to
investigate.
* This is not a complete list of every single change; completeness
is the purpose of Misc/NEWS. The What's New should focus on changes that
are visible to Python *users* and that *require* a feature release (i.e.
most bug fixes should only be recorded in Misc/NEWS)
* PEPs should not be marked Final until they have an entry in What's New.
A placeholder entry that is just a section header and a link to the PEP
(e.g ":pep:`397` has been implemented") is acceptable. If a PEP has been
implemented and noted in What's New, don't forget to mark it as Final!
* If you want to draw your new text to the attention of the
maintainer, add 'XXX' to the beginning of the paragraph or
section.
* It's OK to add just a very brief note about a change. For
example: "The :ref:`~socket.transmogrify()` function was added to the
:mod:`socket` module." The maintainer will research the change and
write the necessary text (if appropriate). The advantage of doing this
is that even if no more descriptive text is ever added, readers will at
least have a notification that the new feature exists and a link to the
relevant documentation.
* You can comment out your additions if you like, but it's not
necessary (especially when a final release is some months away).
* Credit the author of a patch or bugfix. Just the name is
sufficient; the e-mail address isn't necessary.
* It's helpful to add the bug/patch number as a comment:
The :ref:`~socket.transmogrify()` function was added to the
:mod:`socket` module. (Contributed by P.Y. Developer in :issue:`12345`.)
This saves the maintainer the effort of going through the Mercurial log
when researching a change.
* Cross referencing tip: :ref:`mod.attr` will display as ``mod.attr``,
while :ref:`~mod.attr` will display as ``attr``.
This article explains the new features in Python 3.4, compared to 3.3.
.. Python 3.4 was released on TBD.
For full details, see the
`changelog <http://docs.python.org/3.4/whatsnew/changelog.html>`_.
.. note:: Prerelease users should be aware that this document is currently in
draft form. It will be updated substantially as Python 3.4 moves towards
release, so it's worth checking back even after reading earlier versions.
.. seealso::
.. :pep:`4XX` - Python 3.4 Release Schedule
Summary -- Release highlights
=============================
.. This section singles out the most important changes in Python 3.4.
Brevity is key.
New syntax features:
* None yet.
New library modules:
* None yet.
New built-in features:
* None yet.
Implementation improvements:
* A more efficient :mod:`marshal` format <http://bugs.python.org/issue16475>.
Significantly Improved Library Modules:
* SHA-3 (Keccak) support for :mod:`hashlib`.
* TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2 support for :mod:`ssl`.
Security improvements:
* None yet.
Please read on for a comprehensive list of user-facing changes.
.. PEP-sized items next.
.. _pep-4XX:
.. PEP 4XX: Example PEP
.. ====================
.. (Implemented by Foo Bar.)
.. .. seealso::
:pep:`4XX` - Example PEP
PEP written by Example Author
Other Language Changes
======================
Some smaller changes made to the core Python language are:
* Unicode database updated to UCD version 6.2.
New Modules
===========
.. module name
.. -----------
* None yet.
Improved Modules
================
dis
---
The :mod:`dis` module is now built around an :class:`Instruction` class that
provides details of individual bytecode operations and a
:func:`get_instructions` iterator that emits the Instruction stream for a
given piece of Python code. The various display tools in the :mod:`dis`
module have been updated to be based on these new components.
The new :class:`dis.Bytecode` class provides an object-oriented API for
inspecting bytecode, both in human-readable form and for iterating over
instructions.
(Contributed by Nick Coghlan, Ryan Kelly and Thomas Kluyver in :issue:`11816`)
doctest
-------
Added ``FAIL_FAST`` flag to halt test running as soon as the first failure is
detected. (Contributed by R. David Murray and Daniel Urban in :issue:`16522`.)
smtplib
-------
:exc:`~smtplib.SMTPException` is now a subclass of :exc:`OSError`, which allows
both socket level errors and SMTP protocol level errors to be caught in one
try/except statement by code that only cares whether or not an error occurred.
(:issue:`2118`).
wave
----
The :meth:`~wave.getparams` method now returns a namedtuple rather than a
plain tuple. (Contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`17487`.)
Optimizations
=============
Major performance enhancements have been added:
* The UTF-32 decoder is now 3x to 4x faster.
Build and C API Changes
=======================
Changes to Python's build process and to the C API include:
* None yet.
Deprecated
==========
Unsupported Operating Systems
-----------------------------
* None yet.
Deprecated Python modules, functions and methods
------------------------------------------------
* :meth:`difflib.SequenceMatcher.isbjunk` and
:meth:`difflib.SequenceMatcher.isbpopulur`: use ``x in sm.bjunk`` and
``x in sm.bpopular``, where sm is a :class:`~difflib.SequenceMatcher` object.
Deprecated functions and types of the C API
-------------------------------------------
* None yet.
Deprecated features
-------------------
* :func:`importlib.util.module_for_loader` is pending deprecation. Using
:func:`importlib.util.module_to_load` and
:meth:`importlib.abc.Loader.init_module_attrs` allows subclasses of a loader
to more easily customize module loading.
Porting to Python 3.4
=====================
This section lists previously described changes and other bugfixes
that may require changes to your code.
* The ABCs defined in :mod:`importlib.abc` now either raise the appropriate
exception or return a default value instead of raising
:exc:`NotImplementedError` blindly. This will only affect code calling
:func:`super` and falling through all the way to the ABCs. For compatibility,
catch both :exc:`NotImplementedError` or the appropriate exception as needed.
* The module type now initializes the :attr:`__package__` and :attr:`__loader__`
attributes to ``None`` by default. To determine if these attributes were set
in a backwards-compatible fashion, use e.g.
``getattr(module, '__loader__', None) is not None``.
* :meth:`importlib.util.module_for_loader` now sets ``__loader__`` and
``__package__`` unconditionally to properly support reloading. If this is not
desired then you will need to set these attributes manually. You can use
:func:`importlib.util.module_to_load` for module management.
* Import now resets relevant attributes (e.g. ``__name__``, ``__loader__``,
``__package__``, ``__file__``, ``__cached__``) unconditionally when reloading.
* Frozen packages no longer set ``__path__`` to a list containg the package name
but an empty list instead. Determing if a module is a package should be done
using ``hasattr(module, '__path__')``.
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